The procedures set forth in this chapter shall be applicable
to tentative tract maps and tentative parcel maps.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
Before any tentative map, or request for extension of time of
a tentative map, is accepted for filing, the subdivider shall file
with the director a completed application form, pay all applicable
fees, and submit the required number of copies of the tentative map
and all supporting materials and documents required on the city's
official application form. The director may, from time to time, amend
the official application form and the map submittal requirements.
Tentative maps shall be prepared in a size, form, and manner acceptable
to the director and shall be prepared by a registered civil engineer
or licensed land surveyor. The tentative map shall be clearly and
legibly drawn on one sheet and shall contain all information required
by the official application form. The director may waive or modify
any of the above tentative map submittal requirements through the
design review process if the type of subdivision does not need to
comply with these requirements.
The tentative map shall clearly identify all proposed TCSD slope
maintenance areas by separate lot number. The square footage of all
proposed TCSD lots shall be indexed on the tentative map.
The director may require other drawings, data, reports, or information
deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Subdivision Map
Act, the California Environmental Quality Act and this title.
A conceptual landscape master plan (CLMP) shall be prepared
which delineates proposed landscape improvements to include parks,
paseos, trails, open space, parkways, medians, common areas and slopes.
CLMP to be prepared at a scale suitable to show in detail all proposed
improvements in conceptual form. Sections should be provided as needed
to provide additional detail.
Vesting tentative maps shall conform to Chapter
16.18 of this title.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
All divisions of land pursuant to this title shall conform to those development standards set forth in the development code for the zoning district in which the property to be divided is located at the time the application for the tentative map is determined complete. In accordance with Section
16.06.020, all divisions of land pursuant to this title shall also conform with the general plan including all maps, goals, objectives, policies and implementation measures, in effect at the time the tentative map is approved.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
The director shall notify the applicant of its determination of completeness of the subdivision application, as required by
Government Code Section 65943. The applicant shall have the right to appeal a decision that an application is incomplete to the planning commission, pursuant to
Government Code Section 65943(c), through the appeal process set forth in Section
17.03.090 of the development code. The subdivide shall supply the requested plans and/or information within sixty calendar days of the notice of incomplete filing, or the application will be forwarded to the planning commission with a recommendation of denial.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
The review and distribution procedures for tentative map applications
filed with the director shall be as follows:
A. Environmental
Review. After an application has been determined to be complete an
initial study of the project's potential environmental impacts shall
be completed. During the review period, the city shall determine the
appropriate type of environmental review.
The director may request the preparation of additional studies
to respond to issues raised during the review of the tentative map
and preparation of the initial study. Once required studies have been
completed and/or the director has determined the appropriate environmental
action, the director shall prepare and distribute the proper environmental
notice.
B. Distribution
of Maps and Receipt of Comments. Within five business days after an
application has been determined to be complete, the director shall
send notice of determination to affected school districts pursuant
to
Government Code Section 66455.7. The director may, if applicable,
distribute copies of the proposed tentative subdivision map to other
affected or advisory agencies.
C. Public Hearing and Notification. Public hearing notification shall take place in the manner set forth in
Government Code Sections 65090 and 65091 and Section
17.03.040 of the development code.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
Any tentative map shall be approved if all the following findings
are made:
A. The
proposed subdivision and the design and improvements of the subdivision
is consistent with the development code, general plan, any applicable
specific plan and the city of Temecula Municipal Code;
B. The
tentative map does not propose to divide land which is subject to
a contract entered into pursuant to the California Land Conservation
Act of 1965, or the land is subject to a Land Conservation Act contract
but the resulting parcels following division of the land will not
be too small to sustain their agricultural use;
C. The
site is physically suitable for the type and proposed density of development
proposed by the tentative map;
D. The
design of the subdivision and the proposed improvements, with conditions
of approval, are either:
1. Not
likely to cause significant environmental damage or substantially
and avoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat, or
2. An
environmental impact report has been prepared and a finding has been
made, pursuant to
Public Resources Code Section 21081(a)(3), finding
that specific economic, social, or other considerations make infeasible
mitigation measures or project alternatives identified in the environmental
impact report;
E. The
design of the subdivision and the type of improvements are not likely
to cause serious public health problems;
F. The
design of the subdivision provides for future passive or natural heating
or cooling opportunities in the subdivision to the extent feasible;
G. The
design of the subdivision and the type of improvements will not conflict
with easements acquired by the public at large for access through
or use of property within the proposed subdivision, or the design
of the alternate easements which are substantially equivalent to those
previously acquired by the public will be provided;
H. The
subdivision is consistent with the city's parkland dedication requirements
(Quimby Act).
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
A subdivider or any other interested party may appeal a decision of the director or the planning commission by using the procedures set forth in Section
17.03.090 of the Temecula Municipal Code.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
An approved or conditionally approved tentative map shall expire
thirty-six months after its approval. The expiration of an approved
or conditionally approved map shall terminate all proceedings and
no final tract map of all or any portion of the real property included
within the tentative map shall be filed without first processing a
new tentative map.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1)
Notwithstanding Section
16.09.180, the initial three-year term of tentative maps may be extended as follows:
A. Request
by the Subdivider. Prior to the expiration of the tentative map, the
subdivider may apply for an extension of time not to exceed twelve
months. The subdivider shall file with the director a completed application
form, pay all applicable fees, and submit the required number of copies
of the tentative map and all supporting materials and documents required
on the city's official application form, including, but not limited
to, environmental analysis pursuant to CEQA.
B. Provided
no changes are being requested by the subdivider, the director of
planning may additionally approve a maximum of five one-year time
extensions, each extension not to exceed twelve months, and may impose
additional conditions of approval to maintain the public health safety
and welfare and/or to comply with current city standards and ordinances,
state or federal requirements to the extent allowed by law.
C. If,
as part of the request for extension of the term of a tentative map,
the subdivider requests changes or amendments to the tentative map
or the conditions of approval for that map, the project shall be reviewed
by the original approving authority and the city may impose other
conditions or amendments to the tentative map or the conditions of
approval including the then-current standards and requirements for
approval of tentative maps.
D. If
a subdivider is required to expend the amount specified in Section
66452.6 of the
Government Code to construct, improve, or finance the
construction or improvement of public improvements outside the property
boundaries of the tentative map, excluding improvements of public
rights-of-way which abut the boundary of the property to be subdivided
and which are reasonable related to the development of that property,
each filing of a final tract map authorized by Section 66456.1 of
the
Government Code shall extend the expiration of the approved or
conditionally tentative map by thirty-six months from the date of
its expiration or the date of a previously-filed final tract map,
whichever is later. The extensions shall not extend the term of the
tentative map more than ten years from its date of original approval.
(Ord. 99-23 § 1; Ord. 14-01 § 6)